Saturday, 5 August 2017

Sweet Stampin' - Summer Fun

It's time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin', and this week our theme is "Summer Fun". Mind you, given the current weather the theme might be rainy days!I decided to use the fab new Waffle Flower set, Stay Cool. I stamped the bear in versafine then masked him off and stamped his towel and bird on his tummy. I masked them all off again, before adding the beach using a blending tool and Fossilised Amber distress oxide, using a torn piece of paper to define the edge. I then used the paper to mask off the beach and used a straight edge of paper to define the horizon and used a mix of broken glass and cracked pistachio distress oxides to form the sea. I them used my MFT cloud stencil to add the sky in broken glass distress oxide. I flicked and spritzed water over the scene , blotting some of it off until I was happy with the effect.

I removed my bear, towel and bird mask and painted them in with wilted violet, worn lipstick, spiced marmalade and walnut stain distress oxides. The only reason I see them wad that they were on my table and I couldn't be bothered to get up! As the oxides have an opacity to them, once dry I went over any areas of black stamping that had been dulled by the oxides. Using my misti I stamped the sentiment twice to get a good black impression. To finish I added glossy accents to his sunglasses and stickles to the sea, along with a little faux stitching around the edges. I then mat and layered it up on a 6x6 card base. Simples! I'm looking forward to seeing your entries this week, just remember to include some stamping to be eligible for our top three. Have a great crafting weekend x

That is one sweet card Cara. The weather has actually been quite nice here today though I suspect if anyone is away in Spain or Italy they will be wishing it would cool down Lol! Happy crafty weekend, Angela xXx

I just bought this set! I love this chubby bear chilling on his towel. I think this is what the Mister and I look like on holibobs! Loving your glittery waves again..it's a nice touch that I am now stealing. Cx